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Rattlers, Stingrays GSSSA champions

The CV Bethel Stingrays and CI Gibson Rattlers both won their game threes in convincing fashion to take the senior girls and boys titles yesterday in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) basketball championships.

Minister of Energy questioned over BPL by the opposition during rare Q&A in the House

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard pressed Transport and Energy Minister JoBeth Coleby Davis about Bahamas Power & Light matters during a rare question and answer period in the House of Assembly yesterday.

Bethesda Medical Mission partners with PHA to provide free dental services in Grand Bahama

THE Public Hospitals Authority announced that Bethesda Medical Mission Inc will provide free medical and dental services in Grand Bahama from February 19 to 26.

Weakened media helps ‘Brave’

Perchance it was divine providence that led Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis to lecture the Bahamian media fraternity about not placing murder stories on the front pages of the newspapers.

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Woman who allegedly abandoned her three underage children was granted $9,000 bail

A MOTHER was granted $9,000 bail after she allegedly abandoned her three underaged children at home earlier this month.

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After almost 15 years, national surfing team getting ready to ride waves in Puerto Rico

IT HAS been almost 15 years since a Bahamian national surfing team last existed and Abaconians Chris Albury, Joey Gale and Luke Prosa will end that streak in potentially spectacular fashion on February 23 over the notorious reef breaks of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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Top swimmers represent The Bahamas in mixed 4x100m medley relay

THE World Aquatics Championships saw all of Team Bahamas’ swimmers in action yesterday in the mixed 4x100m Medley Relay.

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ALICIA WALLACE: If PM doesn’t like the headlines he needs to change the story

I HAVE taken issue with many headlines for various reasons, from being sensational to the point of misleading anyone who started and stopped there to the use of inappropriate language such as “unlawful sexual intercourse” instead of clear, correct language like “rape".

Nurses ‘exhausted and fed up’ as some wait over four years for confirmation

BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Muriel Lightbourn is angered by how long it takes to confirm some nurses in their posts, saying some have been waiting since 2020.

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‘Not worth’ pursuing after $700m unpaid PMH fees

AN ex-health minister says “it’s not worth” committing resources to collect legally-mandated user fees from Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) patients given that $700m-plus remains unpaid.

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Trade deficit’s $3.5bn six-year high ‘tremendous opportunity’

THE Bahamas faces “a tremendous opportunity” if it can start making inroads into a trade deficit that hit a six-year high of around $3.487bn in 2023, it was argued yesterday.

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Union chief backs employers: Let us know NIB hike extent

A TRADE union leader yesterday joined employers in urging the Government to reveal the magnitude of the National Insurance Board (NB) rate increase “ASAP”, adding: “July is just around the corner.”

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North Andros forced to ‘pilot banking’ as ABM vandalised

NORTH Andros has been left without easy access to cash for an “extended period of time” after the area’s sole automated banking machine (ABM) was vandalised.

Junkanoo Beach vendors back transformation plans

THE Junkanoo Beach Association’s (JBA) president yesterday praised the Government’s plans to overhaul the destination as “magnificent for the whole product overall”.

Taxi driver divisions on cruise port call-up

THE Bahamas Taxi Cab Union’s president yesterday said he does not have time to waste on taxi drivers who refuse to join the Nassau Cruise Port’s call-up system.

Valentine’s sales ‘excellent’ with some florists sold-out

BAHAMIAN florists yesterday branded Valentine’s Day sales as “excellent” with some vendors sold out of product from early this week.

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Inquest into fatal shooting of two men by police begins

THE families of two men killed in a fatal 2017 police chase on Tonique William Darling Highway were asked to leave the courtroom yesterday as close-ups of one of the men’s blood-stained corpse lying on the sidewalk was shown after the inquest into the matter began.

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Pintard calls PM ‘dictator’ over press comment

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis resembled a dictator when he urged the press to be more careful reporting violent crime.

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‘Psychological evaluation required for organ transplant programme’

PEOPLE looking to participate in the government’s National Organs Transplant Programme will undergo psychological evaluation and counselling first, according to Health Minister Dr Michael Darville, who said some local nurses have already been trained for the programme and draft legislation is complete.

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Tribune Sports Valentine’s Day Special

WHILE the focus today is on lovers, Tribune Sports shares the love and commitment of at least three couples who spent their time participating in sports either as executives, officials or coaches.